Torch (Carly Simon album)

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Torch
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released	August 1, 1981
Recorded	at Power Station Studios, New York City
Genre	Standards
Length	35:02
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Mike Mainieri
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Carly Simon chronology
Come Upstairs (1980) Torch (1981) Hello Big Man (1983)

Torch is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 11th album, her 10th studio album, and her first album devoted to standards, mostly old torch songs, relating unrequited love or rejection. It was released in 1981.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Blue Of Blue" (N. Holmes/additional lyrics by C. Simon) — 3:38
2. "I'll Be Around" (A. Wilder) — 2:30
3. "I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good" (D. Ellington/P.F. Webster) — 3:46
4. "I Get Along Without You Very Well" (H. Carmichael) — 3:23
5. "Body And Soul" (E. Heyman/R. Sour/F. Eyton/J. Green) — 4:12
6. "Hurt" (J. Crane/A. Jacobs) — 3:21
7. "From The Heart" (C. Simon) — 2:47
8. "Spring Is Here" (R. Rodgers/L. Hart) — 3:02
9. "Pretty Strange" (J. Hendricks/R. Weston) — 2:59
10. "What Shall We Do With The Child" (N. Holmes/K. Horsey/additional lyrics by C. Simon) — 2:44
11. "Not A Day Goes By" (from the Broadway show "Merrily We Roll Along") (S. Sondheim) — 2:40

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Pop Albums	50